What if you are the artwork?
A question that maybe all of us could ask ourselves once in a while
I recently was asked this question:
“What if YOU are the artwork Daria?”
& it made me think and feel into it, of course. It’s kind of a default in my system :D
& then I thought that I would love to share it with you guys, cos I feel that it is a worthy question to ask ourselves, regularly.
So, what if YOU are the artwork of your life?!
Let’s do first things first: a bit of context to the whole thingy :):
I had a deep-dive session with Dr. Natalia Wiechowski this week. I met her ca. 6 years ago, while I was looking for help around LinkedIn & Social Media.
Back then I tried all I could & constantly failed to enjoy social media.
Why did I want to enjoy it? Because I believe that our lives should be mainly filled with enjoyable tasks, moments & activities, with random challenges here & there.
AND I also believe that most of the things are possible to be twisted into an enjoyable activity, we just need to find a way that suits us & sparks our own joy.
Sooo, I found her on LinkedIn & thought she is the perfect person to help me, so I got into her 8 week program & it changed everything for me!
From that moment on, I had no problems whatsoever to share what I do in my business as a scientific illustrator, which was the initial first aim for Social Media.
Natalia & I connected super well: similar immigrant backgrounds, academic careers & much more. We also both realized we are “Projectors” in Human Design.
Human Design is a tool/system that combines many ancient knowledges like the Kabbalah, I Ching, the chakra system, astrology & concepts of some modern sciences and it can be used as a self-development and -study tool.
I discovered it 7-8 years ago & it blew my mind, so I was happy to meet a fellow Projector with such similar life paths, possible to exchange our experiences not just as entrepreneurs or scientists, but also in the spiritual & philosophical realms.
This week, I had this Deep-Dive Session with Natalia, that was about my Projector Human Design Chart & certain questions I was pondering upon.
And long story short, at some point in this session she asked me:
“What if YOU are the artwork?”, and as I said: it made me think a lot…
Because yes: What IF I am the artwork? And what if YOU are too?!
Imagine that everything you are, everything you do, is an artwork.
Meaning: YOU ARE ART!
The way you are: ART
The way you dress: ART
The way you execute your work: ART
The way you talk to other people: ART
The way you move through your day: ART
The way you cook: ART
The way you love: ART
The way you care: ART
I could go on & on… but maybe that sounds to abstract, I will try to give you an insight into what I mean.
To me ART is something we create; something we consider beautiful, or meaningful, thoughtful, maybe sometimes thought provoking; it could be a painting, a song, a movie, a sculpture, a dress… you name it.
Art to me is created.
And if I take this definition, it’s not just humans that create art, nature creates art too: Cos nature creates flowers, plants, lakes, the ocean, trees, animals, algae, cyanobacteria… meaning a table made of wood is art, a flower bouquet is art, dry flowers made into jewelry is art…
Your pet is art… and YOU are art too. So am I.
Cos we both are created by nature, through biology, by two human beings merging and creating us.
It makes humans both: the creators of art and the art itself!
And I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!
Why? Because in my world, art and artworks and the act of creating art is something innately good, positive and deeply ingrained in our being.
In my world, art is not something destructive, or it should not be (yeah yeah, I know, art can be used as a tool to manipulate & spread hate as well…)
BUT! This doesn’t make the concept or process of art bad or negative or destructive, as it depends on what the human being creating art has as an aim.
Now let me circle back to what I said initially, keeping in mind that art is something that is beautiful, it creates beauty, inspires & is meaningful:
If you keep in mind that YOU ARE ART, and:
…the way you are is ART: your simple being-ness creates beauty & meaning already.
…the way you dress is ART: you walk into a room and spread joy & light.
…the way you execute your work is ART: you make the world a better place.
..the way you talk to other people is ART: you make people feel seen & heard.
…the way you move through your day is ART: the atmosphere around you is a pelasure to be in.
…the way you cook is ART: you nourish yourself and others.
…the way you love is ART: you don’t deliberately hurt others & deeply care about them
…the way you care is ART: you are someone who people love to come to & you create connection easily.
SO! Wo wouldn’t want to be a piece of art now?!
I loved this question, because it made me realize that everything I am, how I walk through the world, how I interact with people, what I say and share, what I emanate with my energy is already worth so much!
I was created and therefore I am a piece of art.
You were created and therefore you are a piece of art!
And if we see each other like that, every human being on earth, every soul is a piece of art, we will naturally see everyone as something precious.
In the long run, in my idealistic way of seeing the world, we would stop harming each other. Because we would see the preciousness in ourselves and others.
Harmony could be restored, care and compassion and kindness would be the norm.
And this is why I think, if each one of us thinks about this question, we might make this world a better place.
Bit by bit. Slowly but surely. One soul at a time. One thought at once.
To make a long story short:
“What if you are a piece of art?”
Love,
Daria